The Resource The Amsterdam Town Hall in words and images : constructing wonders, edited by Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Bram Van Oostveldt
The Amsterdam Town Hall in words and images : constructing wonders, edited by Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Bram Van Oostveldt
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- Summary
- "The most famous monument of the Dutch Golden Age is undoubtedly the Amsterdam Town Hall by architect Jacob van Campen inaugurated in 1655. Today we stand in awe confronted with the grand Classicist façade, the delightful horror of the sculptures in the Tribunal, and the magnificence of the huge Citizens' Hall. In the period of its construction, many artists and writers tried to capture the overwhelming impact of the building by, among other comparisons, relating it to the ancient Wonders of the World and by stressing its splendour, riches, and impressive scale. In doing so, they constructed the Town Hall as the ultimate wonder, thus offering a silent, but very powerful testimony to the power and position of the City of Amsterdam and its rulers as equals of the other European regimes. To fully understand these mechanisms of power, this book relates the Town Hall to other, impressive buildings of the same period-the palace of the Louvre, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Banqueting House-and their visual and textual representations. Thus, this book gives a broad audience of readers new insights into the agency of magnificent buildings. The Amsterdam Town Hall in Words and Images does not restrict itself to a national scope or a purely architectural analysis, but clarifies how artists and writers all over Europe presented buildings as wonders of the world. This book is pioneering in its analysis of seventeenth and eighteenth-century paintings, prints, drawings, poems, and travel accounts and offers a new understanding of how the wondrous character of these grand buildings was constructed"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 243 pages
- Contents
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- The Palace of the Republic : Idea and Construction / Pieter Vlaardingerbroek / The Amsterdam Town Hall: The Triumphant Statement of a Successor State / Caroline van Eck
- 'Far More to Wonder, than to Fathom Completely' : A Hundred Poems Devoted to the Town Hall / Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Laura Plezier
- The Portrait of a Building / Stijn Bussels
- The Exercise of Power : The Caryatids of the Town Hall's Tribunal / Frederik Knegtel
- Jacob's Trowels. The Construction of the Amsterdam Town Hall and its Ceremonial Objects (1648-present) / Minou Schraven
- Under Discussion. Eighteenth-Century Reactions to the Town Hall / Freek Schmidt
- Isbn
- 9781350205338
- Label
- The Amsterdam Town Hall in words and images : constructing wonders
- Title
- The Amsterdam Town Hall in words and images
- Title remainder
- constructing wonders
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Bram Van Oostveldt
- Subject
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- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Architecture and fame
- Architecture and fame -- Europe
- Buildings
- Campen, Jacob van, 1595-1657
- Campen, Jacob van, 1595-1657 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Curiosities and wonders
- Curiosities and wonders -- Europe
- Europe
- Koninklijk Paleis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Koninklijk Paleis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The most famous monument of the Dutch Golden Age is undoubtedly the Amsterdam Town Hall by architect Jacob van Campen inaugurated in 1655. Today we stand in awe confronted with the grand Classicist façade, the delightful horror of the sculptures in the Tribunal, and the magnificence of the huge Citizens' Hall. In the period of its construction, many artists and writers tried to capture the overwhelming impact of the building by, among other comparisons, relating it to the ancient Wonders of the World and by stressing its splendour, riches, and impressive scale. In doing so, they constructed the Town Hall as the ultimate wonder, thus offering a silent, but very powerful testimony to the power and position of the City of Amsterdam and its rulers as equals of the other European regimes. To fully understand these mechanisms of power, this book relates the Town Hall to other, impressive buildings of the same period-the palace of the Louvre, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Banqueting House-and their visual and textual representations. Thus, this book gives a broad audience of readers new insights into the agency of magnificent buildings. The Amsterdam Town Hall in Words and Images does not restrict itself to a national scope or a purely architectural analysis, but clarifies how artists and writers all over Europe presented buildings as wonders of the world. This book is pioneering in its analysis of seventeenth and eighteenth-century paintings, prints, drawings, poems, and travel accounts and offers a new understanding of how the wondrous character of these grand buildings was constructed"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 720.9492352
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA7751.A6
- LC item number
- A47 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Bussels, Stijn
- Eck, Caroline van
- Oostveldt, Bram van
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Koninklijk Paleis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Campen, Jacob van
- Architecture and fame
- Curiosities and wonders
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Campen, Jacob van
- Koninklijk Paleis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Architecture and fame
- Buildings
- Curiosities and wonders
- Europe
- Netherlands
- Label
- The Amsterdam Town Hall in words and images : constructing wonders, edited by Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Bram Van Oostveldt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Palace of the Republic : Idea and Construction / Pieter Vlaardingerbroek / The Amsterdam Town Hall: The Triumphant Statement of a Successor State / Caroline van Eck -- 'Far More to Wonder, than to Fathom Completely' : A Hundred Poems Devoted to the Town Hall / Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Laura Plezier -- The Portrait of a Building / Stijn Bussels -- The Exercise of Power : The Caryatids of the Town Hall's Tribunal / Frederik Knegtel -- Jacob's Trowels. The Construction of the Amsterdam Town Hall and its Ceremonial Objects (1648-present) / Minou Schraven -- Under Discussion. Eighteenth-Century Reactions to the Town Hall / Freek Schmidt
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1176508017
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9781350205338
- Lccn
- 2020046254
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Label
- The Amsterdam Town Hall in words and images : constructing wonders, edited by Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Bram Van Oostveldt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Palace of the Republic : Idea and Construction / Pieter Vlaardingerbroek / The Amsterdam Town Hall: The Triumphant Statement of a Successor State / Caroline van Eck -- 'Far More to Wonder, than to Fathom Completely' : A Hundred Poems Devoted to the Town Hall / Stijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Laura Plezier -- The Portrait of a Building / Stijn Bussels -- The Exercise of Power : The Caryatids of the Town Hall's Tribunal / Frederik Knegtel -- Jacob's Trowels. The Construction of the Amsterdam Town Hall and its Ceremonial Objects (1648-present) / Minou Schraven -- Under Discussion. Eighteenth-Century Reactions to the Town Hall / Freek Schmidt
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1176508017
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9781350205338
- Lccn
- 2020046254
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
Subject
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Architecture and fame
- Architecture and fame -- Europe
- Buildings
- Campen, Jacob van, 1595-1657
- Campen, Jacob van, 1595-1657 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Curiosities and wonders
- Curiosities and wonders -- Europe
- Europe
- Koninklijk Paleis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Koninklijk Paleis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
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